At the beginning of 2014, Markus Sandhöfner, a specialist in the field of automation engineering, became the new general manager of B&R, taking over from Frank Winter, who led the company in Germany with great success since its founding in 1983.

The distinction "Qualified SERVOsoft Partner" (QSP) has been awarded by Canadian company ControlEng Corporation to B&R for going above and beyond the recommended level of support for the SERVOsoft tool from ControlEng, which comes integrated in B&R's Automation Studio development software.